In Massachusetts, there is currently no right to counsel in eviction cases. But bills pending in the Legislature could change that. Companion measures have been filed by Sen. Sal N. DiDomenico (S. 913) and Rep. Chynah Tyler (H. 3456), while ...

The April 25 federal indictment of Newton District Court Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph on obstruction of justice charges prompted a group of retired state court judges to form the ad hoc Committee for Judicial Independence. The following piece drafted ...

If you are a judge, prosecutor or criminal defense attorney working in the District or Boston Municipal courts, this will be a familiar story. The 22-year-old defendant before you was arrested over the weekend after trying to slip out of ...

The Trial Court in recent years has expressed the desire to be more open in its dealings with the public and the bar. Strategic goals announced back in 2013 included a pledge to “increase the transparency and accountability of Trial ...

U.S. Attorney Andrew E. Lelling has ratcheted up the roiling debate over what role state courts should play in assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement by indicting a District Court judge and a court officer on federal obstruction of justice charges. ...

To the editor: U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling won’t have to look far to find a template for his ill-conceived obstruction of justice charge against Judge Shelley Joseph. Lelling need only read the Mueller team’s description of the despicable conduct of ...

Trust “decanting” isn’t a particularly sexy topic. But it’s still an important issue for the Legislature to address. Decanting is the act of distributing assets from one irrevocable trust to a second irrevocable trust with different terms. In essence, it ...

To the editor: We, the undersigned retired judges of the commonwealth, join former Supreme Judicial Court Justice John M. Greaney’s recent “Salute to the Flaschner Judicial Institute on its 40th Anniversary,” published in the March 11 edition of Lawyers Weekly. ...

To the editor: Philip Schreffler was well intentioned in his April 15 letter titled “American apathy to blame for endless violence,” but the tone and substance of the letter are objectionable. I do not believe that Americans lack “the courage ...